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Thank you, Joseph. One of my favorites that we use for homeschooling is a
great publication (actually a folder of materials) called, Exploring Maps.
The huge foldout exploring the history of map making is fantastic.
John A. Auble, Senior Research Associate
Clark Labs
Clark University
phone: 508 849-2310
fax: 508 793-8842
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Joseph Kerski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 10:04 AM
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Subject: USGS Resources for GIS Education
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Folks:
Joseph Kerski here in Colorado USA at the US Geological Survey National
Mapping Program, Educational Outreach Geographer. I wanted to point out that
the USGS has a great many resources for GIS Education, that can be grouped
under :
(1) print materials for GIS training and geography / science teaching;
(2) analog maps and data;
(3) digital maps and data.
Why use USGS resources in education? First, they're either inexpensive or
free. Second, much of the data covers the whole USA, and we do have a
limited set of resources for other countries. Third, the data is created
accordiing to national map accuracy standards.
Under (1) above, we have some general interest publications that are
particularly useful. These include teachers packets on global change, maps,
and land use studies, a GIS poster, a map projections poster, an aerial
photo/satellite image use booklet, a USGS map description booklet, a UTM
fact sheet, fact sheets on the digital data resources, and more. Under (2)
above, we have over 75,000 map titles, including topographic, oil, coal,
hydrologic, flood, earthquake, land use, landslide, ecoregions, satellite
image, and other maps. We also have aerial photographs, past and present,
for all areas, as well as historical prints of USGS maps. Under (3) above,
you can obtain digital land use data, digital raster graphics (scanned topo
maps), digital elevation models (3D representations of the earth's surface),
digital line graphs (vector files of roads, rivers, boundaries, contours,
etc), and digital
orthophotoquads (rectified aerial photographs).
My WWW site at http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/public/outreach/ contains some
GIS-based lessons, tools, and other educational activities. It also has a
few articles I've written about GIS implementation at high schools. I have
more lessons posted at the Boulder High School site at
http://bvsd.k12.co.us/schools/BHS/departments/socialstudies. I have some
Idrisi-based lessons that I've been using at the college level but which
could be adapted for Secondary School.
Call 1 888 ASK USGS to order materials or visit http://www.usgs.gov. Browse
USGS digital data at http://mapping.usgs.gov, and at
http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/glis (the Global Land Information System).
Joseph
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